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w. J. WILSON.

GATE.

No. 348,940. Patented Sept. 7, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

XVILLIAM J. \NILSON, OF \VABASH, INDIANA.

GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 348,940, datedSeptember '7, 1886.

Application filed December 951, 1885. Serial No. 186,445. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. WILsoN, of Wabash, in the county ofWabash and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and use fnlImprovements in Gates; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters of reference marked thereon, which form part of thisspecification.

My invention relates to an adjustable gate for farm and. other uses, andhas for its object to furnish an improved gate of a construction thatwill allow of its easy location upon either level, hilly, or unevenground, said gate being designed either to be elevated at its forwardend or to be wholly raised to any desired height above the ground bymeans of certain details of construction, combination of parts,

and arrangement of devices, which I shall now proceed to fully describe,and the specific points of novelty in whiclrwill be particularlydesignated in the claims hereto appended.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevationshowing in full lines the gate in horizontal position hinged to thepost, and in dotted lines inclined or raised at its forward end; andFig. 2 is a similar view showing the gate in full lines inclined orraised at its forward end, and in dotted lines in elevated horizontalposition at both ends.

Like letters of reference mark the same parts in all the figures of thedrawings in which they may occur.

Referring more particularly to the drawings by letters, A representsthegate, and B and B the posts.

The gate A consists, essentially, of three upright standards orbeams, GO to which are loosely pivoted the horizontal slats or bars D D, whichare of any desired number and breadth, according to the required heightof the gate. Centrally across the gate and parallel with the bars 1) Dis arranged the slotted latch or bolt-bar E, which is fastened theretoby the bolts a a passing through the slots 1) b and secured in thestandards 0 0', thus a lowing the latch-bar to slide thereon and projectinto the vertical slot 0 of the post B. The central standard, 0, isprovided with a series of notches, c 0, on its side nearest the post 13,the object of which is to allow the end of the rod F to engage therein,thus serving to operate the gate in a manner to be hereinafterexplained.

The gate is hinged to the post B by means of the metallic rod G, whichis passed vertically through the hinges d d, d d, which may consist ofordinary eyebolts. The hinges d d are secured in the standard O of thegate, and

so arranged that when the bar G is run therethrough they will be abovethe eyebolts (Z d of the post B, for the obvious purpose of preventingtheir restriction in their upward movement, which will be betterunderstood from the explanation of the operation hereinafter.

On the rod G, between the lower bolt (1 ofthe standard 0, and the lowerbolt (1 of the post is loosely secured,so as to swing with the gate, oneend of the rod F, which, as before mentioned, engages the notches c c ofthe standard 0.

The operation of my invention may be described as follows: The gatebeing in the position shown in full lines in Fig. 1., and it beingdesired to elevate it to the position shown in dotted lines, samefigure, so, for instance, as to permit it to swing over any obstructionor up the incline of a hill, down which the fence may run, it will onlybe necessary to elevate the front end of the gate, when the bracerod Fwill pass into a lower notch and hold the gate at any desiredinclination. When it is desired to elevate the gate to a higherhorizontal position, it will only be necessary to elevate the front endin the manner before described and as shown in dotted lines in Fig. land full lines in Fig. 2, and then to raise the rear end of the gate toany desired height,

as shown in dotted lines, Fig. 2. In raising the rear end of the gatethe eyebolts or hinges on the gate-standard G will slide up on the rodG, while the brace-rod will remain in position on the said rod G andrest on the lower eyebolt in the post, thus always supporting the gate,while the end of stay-rod is in any of the notches 00, no matter whetherthe gate be horizontal or inclined in either position. Vere the rod Fattached to the standard C, the adjustment as to inclination might bemade equally as well as in the present construction, but the adjustmentto higher horizontal positions could not be effected. When it is desiredto relieve thehinges of all strain, the inclined brace-rod F is removedfrom the notches and allowed to rest, as shown in full lines, Fig. 1,against the central standard, 0,

in which position the gate rests upon the ground. No matter in whatposition the gate may be adjusted, (provided the latch-bar is not raisedentirely above the post,) said latch bar will always engage in the slotin the post and securely fasten the gate. The adjustment to I5 higherhorizontal positions is especially useful when it is desired to allowsmall stock--such as sheep and hogsto haveiugress and egress to or fromthe inclosure, and at the same time to prevent the admittance ordeparture of larger stock. Another important advantage of thisadjustment is to allow the gate to be opened with facility when a heavyfall ofsnow is upon the ground and banked up around the gate, which canbe easily accomplished by raising the gate to a higher horizontalposition, as before described, it being remembered that the gate is freeto swing on its hinge-bar in any of its adjusted positions.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by 0 Letters Patent of the United States, is-- The gateherein described, consisting of uprights and planking pivoted togetherat their crossing points, one of the uprights being notched and the rearone having eyebolts, in combination, with the supporting gatepost havingeyebolts,the pintle passing through the eyebolts of gate and post, andthe inclined brace pivoted on the pintle and resting on the lowereyebolt of the post, its upper end en- '40 gaging the notches of thenotched upright of the gate, as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signaturein presence oftwo witnesses.

VILLIAM J. \VILSON.

Witnesses:

WVARREN BIGLER, BER. KENDALL.

